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Sikh youth suffered renal failure due to third degree torture by Punjab Police.

Friday, 20 August 2010 15:54

A Sikh youth Kulwant Singh suffered renal failure due to third degree torture by the Punjab Police. He was denied medical aid during custody and his mother and brother were not even allowed to meet him. His both kidneys are damaged due to the electric shocks. Lawyers For Human Rights International through Navkiran Singh, Advocate filed a Public Interest Litigation in the Punjab and Haryana High Court for judicial enquiry into the abduction and torture of Kulwant Singh in illegal and legal custody and for giving him best medical help and also compensation to his family The High Court issued a notice and directed the State of punjab to permit the mother and brother to have access to him in hospital......

Efforts of LFHRI against Khap Panchayats killings in Haryana bears fruits.

Sunday, 01 August 2010 12:50

On a petition filed by Lawyers For Human Rights International, the Punjab and Haryana High Court granted a compensation of Rs. 3,00,000/- at the present juncture to the parents of deseased Ved Pal who was killed by the mob at Village-Singhwal, District Jind, Haryana, in spite of order of protection given by the High court. He had reached at his In-laws house alongwith Warrants Officer accompanying by 20 Police officials to recover his newly wedded wife and lynched by the mob.

LFHRI files Public Interest Litigation for inquiry into the corruption in jail.

Friday, 09 July 2010 12:45

LFHRI files Public Interest Litigation for inquiry into corruption in Karnal Jail, District Haryana, India.

Public Interest Litigation filed in the Punjab & Haryana High Court Against Khap Panchayats

Saturday, 22 August 2009 15:49

A public Interest litigation is filed by Lawyers For Human Rights International in the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the running of parallel courts by caste based Khap Panchayats of Haryana State, who are interfaring into the personal lives of the people of Haryana State. the recent incident in which Mr. Ved Pal of Village- Matour in Kaithal District in Haryana State was lynched by the residents of village-Singhwal, where his wife Sonia was living has shook the conscious of right thinking people.

HUMAN RIGHTS BODY IN AID OF A PAKISTANI NATIONAL IN CHANDIGARH JAIL

Friday, 06 June 2003 00:00

The action of jail authorities of Model Jail, Burail, Chandigarh in keeping a Pakistani national in solitary confinement was today challenged in the Punjab & Haryana High Court by a human rights organisation, Lawyers For Human Rights International through a Habeas Corpus Petition filed in Public Interest.

Large scale Release of High Profile Prisoners

Tuesday, 16 July 2002 00:00

LFHRI is non-governmental human rights organisation striving to promote and protect the human rights of the citizens of Punjab. The organisation has filed many Public Interest Litigations on matters of public importance in this Hon’ble High Court. The organisation generates its resources by contributing funds and use it solely for the fulfillment of the purpose set forth in its constitution

Request for Details of people killed in police custody in punjab 1997-2001

Thursday, 20 December 2001 00:00

Lawyers For Human Rights International, Chamber NO.122, District Courts, Sector 17, Chandigarh. Through its President, Amar Singh Chahal submitted in the High Court for the states of Punjab and Haryana, Criminal miscellaneous petition under section 482 of the code of criminal procedure, for appropriate directions to the State of Punjab, through its Home Secretary,

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